Re: [PLUG] DSL: Questions to ask?

[Arthur Alexion <arthur@alexion.com>]

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On 8/9/01, 3:14:45 AM, gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> wrote 
regarding Re: [PLUG] DSL: Questions to ask?:


> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:16:03PM +0000, Arthur Alexion wrote:

> > I thought that there were Linux specific issues that made you choose DSL.

> It so happens that the ISP I have chosen (Speakeasy) is very
> competent at handling users who run Unix-like operating systems (one
> of my major reasons for having chosen them). But this is not, as
> a rule, true of DSL providers (or DSL-cognizant ISPs), and, though
> I have no experience with any, I expect there exist cable modem
> providers who are equally good at dealing with non-Microsoft
> operating systems. RCN, who seems to be offering a pretty good deal
> (on clean, fresh cable they're installing for their exclusive use,
> btw) in the Philly area, presuming you want to get a cable modem,
> cable TV, and phone service all from them, may well be one. I
> haven't investigated them at all, but I get the impression they're
> worth a look.

This thread has produced a lot of positive commentary about Speakeasy.  
Does their DSL account include a dial up option, too.  I use my Palm for 
eMail a lot and would prefer not to have THREE ISPs (I'm grandfathered 
into a great deal with the cable modem at home -- practically free, and I 
currently have a dialup account for the office and on the road.  I'd like 
to switch to DSL or cable for the office.)

Art 

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